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August 1, 2015 | The 2016 presidential race may be a whole new ball game in terms of fundraising, but most of the players’ names are awfully familiar — even if their faces are a bit more lined. Very few of the top donors to the super PACs backing one of the many GOP White House hopefuls or handful…

July 30, 2015 | Substantial spikes in outlays for lobbying by some of the biggest-spending clients could not keep overall second-quarter numbers from sliding below those of the first three months of the year — and in fact below those of any second quarter since at least 2010, with the exception of 2013. About $802 million was spent on…

July 29, 2015 | The set of political groups using Scott B. Mackenzie as their treasurer certainly can’t be accused of sitting on the money they raise: Consulting firms rake in cash, donor lists are sold from one group to another in the same network, hefty legal bills are paid. In fact, their spending outpaces their revenue — but there are…

July 29, 2015 | When former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) announced his run for the presidency back in June, he tried to cast himself as a Washington outsider — despite his family’s long-standing ties to the nation’s capital. “We are not going to clean up the mess in Washington by electing the people who either helped create it…

July 27, 2015 | Whatever Hillary Clinton‘s gender gap may be in the polls, she’s able to raise money from men and women in roughly equal amounts — which puts her way ahead of the presidential candidate pack when it comes to bringing in contributions from her own sex. The former secretary of state has thus far raised 49.8…

July 27, 2015 | Jeb Bush‘s campaign accepted prohibited or excessive contributions totaling $256,873 in the opening weeks of his campaign, including nearly $50,000 from donors who list an overseas address as their residence, according to a letter the Federal Election Commission sent the campaign Sunday. “The Bush campaign has some clean-up to do for the disclosure report it…

July 24, 2015 | Thursday’s House passage of a bill that would keep states from requiring genetically modified foods to be labeled was a big — and not at all close — win for agribusiness and food and beverage interests. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015, known to its critics as the DARK (Deny Americans the Right to…

July 23, 2015 | As the first 2016 GOP presidential debate draws near, candidates are staking out their policy positions. One area of debate: Whether or not to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, which Congress failed to do before its funding expired a few weeks ago. The agency, which helps finance American exports, has been accused by some of being an enabler…

July 22, 2015 | Relatively inexperienced IRS managers could take the reins of gatekeeping panels with significant sway over dark money groups under the terms of a memo sent to agency managers last week and obtained by OpenSecrets Blog. The panels determine whether non-profits involved in political activity are called out for audits. Effective July 17, a team of…

July 22, 2015 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2015 — The Center for Responsive Politics is delighted to announce that it has been awarded $525,000 as a winner of the Knight News Challenge on Elections. The award will enable CRP to vastly expand the amount of information available to voters on politically active nonprofit organizations that don’t disclose…

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